1) While debating the referendum and the
process towards independence, Spanish unionism has spread certain
assertions that are downright lies, and they are easy to rebuke.
Below we offer the five biggest ones and the links that prove they
are falsehoods.

2) LIE NUMBER ONE:The Referendum is a crime and it is illegal. This is a lie. Aside
from the fact that it is protected by the Law of Referenda and Self
Determination of the Catalan Parliament, even within the Spanish
Penal Code a referendum cannot be considered a crime […]

4/5) Calling
a referendum is not only not defined as a crime in the Penal Code, it
has been made clear - both in Congress and at the Constitutional
Tribunal - that it isn't so. The PP party changed the Penal Code
through the "Law of Arbitration" in 2003 in an attempt to
trap the then Basque Lehendakari (president). This change in the
Penal Code was cancelled by the Constitutional Tribunal and by the
Spanish Congress by initiative of the then Spanish Prime Minister
Rodríguez Zapatero. […]

7) LIE NUMBER TWO:
The right to self-determination does not exist anywhere in the world.
Another lie. The right to self-determination is defined in Article 1
Point 2 of the Charter of the United Nations (link here:
http://www.un.org/en/charter-united-nations/

8) "To develop friendly relations among
nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and
self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures
to strengthen universal peace" […]

10) These laws, that the member states are
obligated to respect, include the same Article 1: "All peoples
have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they
freely determine their political status and freely pursue their
economic, social and cultural development."

11) A habitual lie of ex-minister
García-Margallo is that there are only three constitutions in the
world that include the right to self-determination. This is
completely false. There are thirty-eight that include it and use it
as a source of legitimacy. […]

14) Article 10.2, reads: "The rules
relating to the fundamental rights and freedoms that the Constitution
recognizes will be interpreted in conformity with the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and the treaties and international
agreements ratified by Spain on this matter"

15) Article 96: The international treaties
validly celebrated will become part of the internal rule once
officially published in Spain. Their dispositions can only be
repealed, modified, or suspended as stated in said treaties or
according to the general rule of international law

16) On September 28 1976 the Spanish gov.
ratified the two UN covenants previously mentioned:"All peoples
have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they
freely determine their political status and freely pursue their
economic, social and cultural development."

18) Consequently, Spain is obligated to meet
and observe the right to self-determination of the peoples, because
it cannot overthrow the obligation imposed by the UN and accepted
when the covenants were signed. […]

19) LIE NUMBER FOUR: Catalonia
has never been independent. It is an Autonomous region because it was
stated by the Spanish Constitution, and, therefore, it has no
historical rights that it can invoke. Another Lie. Catalonia's
historical rights are indisputable. […]

20) Up until 1714 Catalonia was not part of any
entity that could be directly associated with what we know as Spain
today. The Crown of Catalonia-Aragon (a federal state) included
territories of both Iberian and Italian peninsulas, the Mediterranean
islands, and the mainland.[…]

21) In 1724 Catalonia was incorporated by force
within the Spanish Monarchy. But since then she has declared
independence four times: -Between 1810 and 1812, the Principality was
a completely independent state that maintained a tight relationship
with the French Empire. […]

22) - In march of 1873 the Diputació de
Barcelona proclaimed the Catalan State, that included the four
provinces and the four Balearic Islands and the Pitiüses. This state
was integrated within the newborn first Spanish Republic. […]

23) - In 1931 and 1934 the Republican
Generalitat proclaimed the Catalan Republic. Francesc Macià did so
on April 14, 1931, a few hours BEFORE the Spanish Republic was
proclaimed in Madrid. Three days later, Macià accepted that the
Catalan Republic become part of the Spanish one.

24) Lluís Companys also proclaimed the Catalan
Republic on October 6, a proclamation that was aborted militarily buy
the Spanish Republic.[…]

25) But the most important argument is that it
is impossible for the source of the legitimacy of the Generalitat de
Catalunya to be the Spanish Constitution, if we bear to mind that the
Generalitat was restored by the Spanish State BEFORE the Spanish
Constitution existed. […]

27) The Spanish Constitution was not approved
until December 29, 1978, when it is published in the BOE. The
Generalitat de Catalunya had been functioning for a year by then. […]

28) LIE NUMBER FIVE: Independence
cannot be achieved with a unilateral referendum without an agreement
with the Spanish State. Another lie. Between 1905 and 1991 52
different sub-state entities like Catalonia held referendums of
independence. Since 1991 there have been 53 more.

29) Therefore, in just over one century there
have ben 105 referendums of independence.
Out of these 53, 26 have been unilateral. Since 1991, 27 states have
become independent the world, most with unilateral referendums. 7 of
them today form part of the EU: […]

30) Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, and the Czech
Republic.
Finally, a historic sentence by the International Court of Justice
re: the unilateral independence the Kosovo, did not contain any
prohibition that could be used to stop it. [end of thread]